Principles of Bioenergetics

• Main Authors: Skulachev, Vladimir P. (Author), Bogachev, Alexander V. (Author), Kasparinsky, Felix O. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemistry, Physical organic.; Biochemistry.; Geriatrics.; Cytology.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Cell Biology.; Physical Chemistry.; Medicinal Chemistry.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33430-6

Principles of Bioenergetics summarizes one of the quickly growing branches of modern biochemistry.�Bioenergetics concerns energy transductions occurring in living systems and�this book pays special attention to molecular mechanisms of these processes.�The main subject of the book is the "energy...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: General Aspects of Bioenergetics: Introduction
• Part II: Generators of Proton Potential: Chlorophyll-Based Generators of Proton Potential
• Organotrophic Energetics
• The Respiratory Chain
• Structure of Respiratory Chains of Procaryotes and Mitochondria of Protozoa, Plants, and Fungi
• Bacteriorhodopsin
• Part III: Consumers
• Driven Chemical Work
• Driven Mechanical Work: Bacterial Motility
• Driven Osmotic Work.-�Energy Source for Heat Production
• Part IV Interaction and Regulation of Proton Potential Generators and Consumers: Regulation, Transmission, and Buffering of Proton Potential
• Part V The Sodium World: Generators
• Part VI Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species and Mechanisms of Aging: Concept of Aging as a Result of Programmed Slow Poisoning of Organism with Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species
• Possible Medical Applications of Membrane Bioenergetics: Mitochondria-Targeted Antioxidants as Geroprotectors
• Appendices. � � � � �.